Senior Engineer, Geotechnical
Job Location:
Salt Lake, UT - USA
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Job Summary
- Lead geotechnical engineering for one of the worlds largest open pit mining operations helping manage safety-critical slope performance and geohazard controls.
- Grow your leadership capability by mentoring engineers influencing technical decisions and partnering with operational leaders across the mine.
- Enjoy arosteredMonday to Friday schedule with a mix of office and field-based work near Salt Lake City Utah.
- Lead and develop a team of geotechnical engineers supporting technical excellence and safe operational outcomes.
- Provide recommendations on open pit slope design implementation of mine plans and geohazard controls.
- Monitorslope performance interpret movement data and support risk-based decision making in partnership with the Geotechnical Monitoring Center.
- Develop and implement Geotechnical Trigger Action Response Plans (TARPs).
- Review slope conformance and recommend rockfall mitigation strategies and controls.
- Present geotechnical designsmonitoringinformation and risk assessments to stakeholders senior leaders and external reviewers.
- Collaborate with operations planning engineering teams and external vendors to support mine performance and safety.
- Analysemonitoring and geotechnical data toidentifytrends risks and improvement opportunities.
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- Bachelors degree in Mining Geological Geotechnical Civil Engineering or Geology and/or
- Technical experience in open pit mining environments.
- Experience using ground-based radar systems and monitoring data software applicable to open pit mining.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills with the ability to engage effectively across technical and operational teams.
- Proficiencywith geotechnical software such asRocscienceSuite (Rocfall Slide 2D/3D RS2/3 and Dips).
- Experience usingMinesightPointStudio and/or Leapfrog.
- Valid U.S. drivers license and ability to drive in open pit environments.
- Experience in slope stability assessment and open pit slope design.
- Masters degree in a related field
- Experience managing interactions between underground voids and open pit mining activities.
- Familiarity with avalanche hazard assessment and management.
- Ability to evaluate slope movementbehaviourand estimate rockfall runout potential.
- Knowledge of blast vibration analysis wall control techniques subsurface slope movement detection technologies and GIS or ArcGIS field mapping.
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority.
- Competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with an annual incentive bonus.
- Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical prescription drug dental vision life insurance coverage and various voluntary benefits.
- Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.
- Attractive share ownership plan.
- Comprehensive leave policies which cover all the moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off) paid holidays and paid bereavement leave.
- A generous parental leave policy which ensuresyoureable to spend quality time with your new family.
- Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
- Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) which provides confidential counselling or expert guidance for you and your family to help get throughlifeschallenges.
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore copper aluminium critical minerals and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people communities and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental social and governance standards. But we cant do it on our own so were focused on creating partnerships to solve problems create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
Rio Tinto is committed to equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race color sex age religion national origin disability or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel safe respected and valued. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome but are essential to our success. We treat all our people fairly and with dignity.
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Senior IC
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Rio Tinto is a leading global mining group that focuses on finding, mining and processing the Earth’s mineral resources. Discover more about Rio Tinto's mining operations today.
